Privacy Policy
DanceRegister Incorporated a.k.a. "Danceregister" is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of personal information entrusted to us. Danceregister.com has special concerns about the privacy of users who are children under the age of 18, and we do everything possible to comply with applicable laws regarding collection of information from children, including the United States’ Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, and the EU Data Privacy Directive. These and other applicable laws have special requirements regarding notification to parents and legal guardians (either of which is referred to as a “parent” in this policy) of what personal information is being collected from their child and how that information is used and shared. Parents are strongly encouraged to participate in their children's online activities and monitor their children's use of emails and engagement in other electronic communication. If you are resident of the United States we encourage you to visit www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy for more information about COPPA and children’s privacy.
What Is Personal Information?
When this Children’s Privacy Policy uses the term “personally identifiable information” (“PII”), we mean information that identifies a particular individual, such as the individual' s full name (first name and surname together), postal address, and email address. When certain other information such as your favorite style of dance, or other non-identifiable information is directly associated with PII, this other information also becomes PII for purposes of this Children’s Privacy Policy. Some jurisdictions may call personally identifiable information “personal data” or “personally identifying information,” and may include opinions about or related to a user in the definition of PII. We sometimes refer to PII in this Children’s Privacy Policy as “personal information.”
What Is the Scope of Our Children’s Privacy Policy?
This Children’s Privacy Policy addresses our policies and procedures relating to the personal information collected from children under the age of 18. This Children’s Privacy Policy is intended to assist you, the parent, in understanding DanceRegister’s policies and procedures relating to our management of your children’ s personal information.
What Personal Information Does DanceRegister Collect, and Why?
We collect information in a variety of ways on the site. We will collect no more personally identifiable information from your child than is reasonably necessary for your child to participate in safe online activity.
Registration: When a child registers for his or her online DanceRegister account, we ask for his or her first and last name, age, email, studio relation, studio address, studio teacher, parent name, and parent email. This is personal identifiable information which will be described in an "email communication with the parent or gaurdian". During the registration process, the child is also asked to create a user name and password. A child should not use any personally identifiable information as his or her user name, as user names may be visible to others on the site.
Surveys and Feedback: We may collect aggregate information in connection with surveys or other online activities that allow our members to give us feedback. We do not collect any personally identifiable information in connection with surveys or feedback requests, The information provided is not connected to any personally identifiable information we may have about any particular member.
Site Management: We may collect information through technology (such as logging IP addresses) for routine system administration purposes, to make our Website more interesting and useful to guardians and children, or to manage content delivery. For instance, we collect IP addresses and use technology to track traffic patterns on the site. Once a child has logged into the website, we track activities by using logs of database transactions and server interactions. This data is used to maintain a member' s webpage. We also use this information to understand which areas of our website are most appealing or least appealing and to deliver content that is specific to your country or area of residence. Our site also uses cookies, which are pieces of information that a website sends to your child’s computer while he or she is viewing the website. Cookies provide information to the site so that the site will remember the user. These technical methods may involve the transmission of information either directly to us or to our third party service providers who are subject to the protections described in this Children’s Privacy Policy. None of the information collected through these methods is connected to or associated with any other information to directly identify a child.
Email Communication from Child Members: If a child contacts us by email, we use the email address (which is personally identifiable information) only to respond to that child’s specific request,question or access code information, after which the message is archived but not used for future contact. We ask for a the parent's email address, which we reserve the right to document and use only for the purpose of providing notices to the guardian and requesting parental consent as required under applicable law.
Mail Communication from Members: If a child wishes to submit materials for any DanceRegister contest, it should be mailed or emailed. Once material is submitted to Danceregister, you are giving DanceRegister the full permission to use those materials for promotional and/or marketing purposes.
Groups: When communicating within groups members can type in their own messages, and the only personal information disclosed is what the child discloses. Parental consent is not required for groups. The groups are monitored and messages are limited to words from our restricted dictionary, which attempts to exclude all inappropriate language.
Safety and Security: We may collect a child’s first name and email address and a guardian's email address where necessary for a child’s safety. We may also collect your child’s name and email address for the limited purposes of protecting the security and integrity of the site, taking precautions against liability, responding to the judicial process, or for law enforcement on a matter related to public safety.
What Kind of Personal Information Does DanceRegister Disclose, to Whom and Why?
DanceRegister may share a child’s personal information with the other members of the DanceRegister corporate group, and their respective successors and assigns, but only to the extent required to fulfill the purposes identified under the heading “What Personal Information Does DanceRegister Collect, and Why?” You may request that DanceRegister not share your child’s personal information with any of the other members of the DanceRegister corporate group by contacting our Customer Service Department as described below. In addition to this inter-corporate sharing, DanceRegister may share your personal information to third parties as follows:
To Third Parties To Perform Processing and Other Specialized Services: At times, DanceRegister may use outside organizations to perform specialized services including, but not limited to, payment processing. These service providers are only given the information needed to perform those services and they are bound contractually to protect the confidentiality, privacy and security of member' s information and to limit the use of members' information to the service being provided.
To Third Parties in the Event of Legal Reasons: We may disclose personal information to the government or other legal or regulatory authorities (i) if so ordered by a court of law; or (ii) for other legal reasons, including, but not limited to, (a) to comply with legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order; (b) to protect the company’s rights and property; (c) to investigate reports of fraud or of users sending material using a false email address or users sending harassing, threatening, or abusive messages; (d) to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Website; or (e) in emergencies, such as when we believe someone’s physical safety is at risk. In some cases, disclosure may be required by law to be without notice to a member.
To a Third Party in the Event of a Significant Transaction or Other Event: In the case of any significant transaction or event involving DanceRegister or any of its related entities or divisions such as, a sale, merger, amalgamation, financing, re-organization, liquidation, or insolvency, other parties to the transaction and their professional advisors may need to have access to DanceRegister’s customer lists and various databases as part of the due diligence process. In this event, DanceRegister would only provide such access under terms of a strict confidentiality agreement. Also, upon completion of the transaction or event, member' s personal information would be transferred to DanceRegister’s successor-in-interest to be used only for the purposes for which it was collected.
How is a Parent Contacted to Obtain Consent to the Collection of a Child’s Personal Information?
When a child is asked to provide personal information, we will first collect general information along with parent or guardian information, as well as an email address. Danceregister will use this information to contact the parent by email to notify the guardian that a child has provided personally identifiable information to us, describe the purposes for which the personal information is collected, and provide a parent or guardian an opportunity to opt-out of the final step of the process to join DanceRegister. That child's personal information will then be deleted.
For example, when a child requests membership to DanceRegister, he or she will be prompted to input the Parent’s contact information for notification. When you receive the notification, we ask you to respond with an acknowledgement of the process. If you would rather not allow your child to to be a part of DanceRegister, please respond with a declining email and we will cancel the membership request. If you do not follow this procedure, Danceregister can not and will not be held responsible for the lack of proper action, on the part of a parent or guardian, when a new member is seeking entrance to the Danceregister Community.
How Can Parents Access, Update or Delete the Personal Information That Has Been Collected From Their Child?
If you have any questions or comments about DanceRegister’s Children’s Privacy Policy, would like to change how your child’s personal information be collected, used or disclosed, would like to access or update your child’s personal information or would like to refuse to permit us to collect further personal information from your child, you may contact our webmaster at info@danceregister.com from your (the parent’s) email address and we will assist you with your request, in accordance with applicable law. Personal information provided by email may not be secure, and by requesting a copy of your child’s personal information, you assume the risks associated with the email transmission of our reply. DanceRegister may, consistent with applicable law, decline to provide any member or a parent or a guardian with the information requested. In this event, we may provide the requester with the reason why a request has been denied, although we are not required to do so. A request of a copy of the personal information we keep about you, depending on the laws of your country, must be made in writing giving details with which DanceRegister can identify you. DanceRegister will reply to such requests as required under applicable law. If a request is not made in the manor stated with-in our privacy policy or terms and conditions, there is no response required from Danceregister.
Notification of Changes in the Children’s Privacy Policy
This Children’s Privacy Policy outlines the information usage practices of DanceRegister. By accessing, browsing or using this Website, you signify your agreement to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. When submitting your or your child’s personal information to DanceRegister, you will be prompted to expressly indicate your agreement to the terms and conditions of this policy. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this policy, please do not submit your personal information to us. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of our Children’s Privacy Policy at any time. If at some point in the future, there is a material change to our information usage practices that affects you or your child’s personal information, you will be notified of such change by a conspicuous posting on the Website at which time you can elect whether or not you agree to the change and will continue your danceregister membership.
For Questions or Comments Regarding the Children’s Privacy Policy:
If you have any questions or comments about DanceRegister’s Children’s Privacy Policy, please contact the Customer Service Department at the address, phone number or email address listed below:
DanceRegister
Customer Service
Telephone: toll free: 1-888 717 4764 (US and Canada)
Mail: 1702 Meridian Ave.
Suite L # 109
San Jose, CA 95125-5592
Attention: Customer Service Representative
Email: Send Danceregister an Email